Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 16:52:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@fusion.unixfreak.org> To: dan@freebsddiary.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wd boot floppies Message-ID: <200005252352.e4PNq3F12880@fusion.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <392E2C64.16795.6BAE8960@localhost> from Dan Langille at "May 26, 2000 07:48:52 am"
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Bruce sent me this reply to the same question:
> > Use ata0 (disk) and ata1 (cdrom). I expect your machine is old
> > enough (like my P90 Toshiba) to require the "legacy" wd mode, which
> > is ata0 and ata1.
>
> How would I do this with the FreeBSD-4.0-RELEASE floppies?
>
The ata0 and ata1 entries are a standard part of the GENERIC
kernel that you will boot from. So, if you are installing from
CDROM/floppy/etc., simply comment out everything except for these
entries.
>
> How would I do this when I'm doing a make world to upgrade from 3.4-RELEASE
> to 4.0-STABLE?
>
First, you need to follow the instructons in /etc/src/UPDATING
to go from 3.x to 4.0. One think that I _strongly_ advise you do is
_leave the wd entries in your configuration file, /dev and /etc/fstab_.
DO NOT delete them until you are sure everything is working with the
ad entries! You can recover with the fixit disks, but it is a pain!
Note that the 4.0 config will tell you to use the ata devices.
Leave your wd devices present for the moment, and make sure you can
boot the 4.0 kernel before you add in ata0 and ata1. These entries
are clearly marked in the /sys/i386/conf/LINT file as the "legacy"
ata entries, and have IRQ 14 and 15 assigned to them. Rebuild and
install your kernel, _copy_ and change your /etc/fstab file, and
then run MAKEDEV to create the ad* entries. Remember to run MAKEDEV
ads1a to get the a-g partitions created.
If you have any trouble, boot your "old" kernel, swap your
/etc/fstab file, and figure what went wrong, generally be comapring
your wd* entries to the ad* entries in /dev/.
Bruce
> Recently we've found several people who can't install 4.0-R because
> they have wd drives. Is creating a wd-capable set of boot floppies an
> option? Or how should they be installing?
> --
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